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As an administrative assistant at Lancaster County’s Public Works department, Dianne Pardue often spends hours fielding questions and complaints from county residents. So, she was pleasantly surprised to hear some good news recently.

That was when she discovered she’d been named Lancaster County’s Employee of the Quarter.

“I only found out when they sent the paper out that I had won,” Pardue said. “I still have it up here on the board.”

KERSHAW – Kershaw Town Council voted to spend an extra $42,000 on the new Town Hall, which will be completed soon.

The extra money will pay for the construction of an entrance and exit from Hampton Street in front of the new building. The plans originally called for one entrance from Hampton, with an exit at the back of the building.

The extra construction will cost about $37,000, Town Administrator Tony Starnes told council members Monday night.

An armed man robbed the Raceway Express gas station on U.S. 521 on Saturday, getting away with cash, a pack of cigarettes and a can of beer, according to the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office.

According to an incident report, the clerk told sheriff’s deputies that a man came into the store about 7:30 a.m. and got a 24-ounce can of Bud Light. The clerk said the man approached the counter and asked for a pack of Newport cigarettes and then pulled out a large, black handgun and a plastic bag.

After considering several plans to overhaul the county’s waste tire disposal rules, Lancaster County Council decided on a modest plan Monday.

Council agreed to continue to allow residents to dispose of waste tires at all convenience sites in the county, except for the Lynwood Drive location.

County Administrator Steve Willis said that location is heavily used, and since it’s only a few miles from the Public Works Center on Pageland Highway, it may be easier if tires were dropped off there instead.

The city of Lancaster is in good financial standing and has sound accounting practices, according to its most recent audit conducted in August and September.

Blair, Bohle & Whitsitt of Charlotte audited the 2008-09 budget for the city, which had a total fund balance of $8.2 million at the end of that fiscal year (June 30) – a $400,000 increase from the previous year.